Seasons for Growth

Fischy and Notre Dame are working in partnership to develop new approaches for integrating music into loss and grief work with primary-aged children, and adults who work and live with this age group.

Seasons for Growth is an educational programme for children and young people who have experienced significant change or loss (such as bereavement or divorce), with the core aim of developing resilience and promoting their social and emotional wellbeing. The licence for delivering Seasons for Growth in Scotland is held by the Notre Dame Centre in Glasgow, a not-for-profit organisation that delivers various therapeutic and training services based around the social, psychological and educational wellbeing of children and their families.

As part of this project, nine new songs have been written and recorded for use in the Seasons programme and more generally, as a support for children experiencing loss, grief and challenging transitions.